[ale] power sw, reset sw, hdd led cables/wires too short

[James P. Kinney III]

Take an old case that is headed for the scrap yard and cut the wires
from it. If you strip a bit off the insulation and add just a bit of
solder (use an old desoldering wick and flux) to make the twisted wire
end stiff, it will poke into the socket on the new case connector and
_still_ look OK.

Yes. I _have_ done that before. Why do you even ask these questions?

On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 08:54 -0400, Steven A. DuChene wrote:
> I am assembling a new server for my lab out of parts and it has an unusual
> dual processor Intel mother board. I am putting it into a nice 2U Supermicro
> case but the connector cables/wires for the front panel switches/indicators
> (power sw, reset sw, hdd led, nic led, and etc) in the Supermicro case are
> just too short since the connectors on the motherboard are on the opposite side
> of the case from the switches/led/what-not.
> 
> I have had this problem on other motherboard installations into various cases.
> Has anyone ever seen a nice set of extension cables/wires for this sort of problem
> sold anywhere? I cannot possibly be the first with this problem and I am not wild
> about cutting up the wires in the Supermicro case to add a little to them so they
> will reach. I have done that in the past and it just ends up looking really ugly.
> --
> Steven A. DuChene
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